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Prince to appear on 'New Girl' after Super Bowl

By Staff, Associated Press

Updated:
01/14/2014 09:40:53 AM EST

In this May 19, 2013 file photo, Prince performs at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas. Fox's post-Super Bowl party will include Prince making a guest appearance on the comedy "New Girl." (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

PASADENA, Calif. — Fox's post-Super Bowl party will include Prince making a guest appearance on the comedy “New Girl.”

In an episode of the show that will air directly after the big game next month, Zooey Deschanel's character is invited to a mansion party hosted by Prince — a party her friends are determined to crash.

Fox will also air an episode of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” that night after “New Girl,” with the show fresh off its Golden Globe award for best comedy.

The Super Bowl is traditionally the most-watched TV event of the year, so the time slots after it are considered prime real estate.

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